Updated 12 November 2026
Wuthering Waves tier list
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Tier list
S
Top picks12A
Strong15B
Solid16C
Situational7D
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Tower of Adversity
S
Top picks14A
Strong9B
Solid9C
Situational10D
Weak10What each Wuthering Waves character does
S tier: Top picks
ShorekeeperA Spectro healer whose Skill heals the whole party and sends out 5 Dim Star Butterflies, and whose Liberation lays down a Stellarealm that keeps healing anyone inside.
HiyukiA Glacio DPS who turns every Glacio Chafe her team applies into Glacio Bite, so each new stack also triggers a hit of Glacio Bite damage, even on frozen targets.
SuisuiA Glacio healer who builds Cloud Breath in Zephyr Stance, then uses her Intro to pull enemies in, inflict Glacio Chafe and switch to Drizzle Stance.
LynaeA Spectro support whose Liberation raises the damage of every nearby teammate by 24% for 30s, and whose Outro adds 15% All DMG plus 25% Resonance Liberation DMG Amplification to the next Resonator for 14s.
Yangyang: XuanlingA Havoc swordfighter who trades between Azure and Feather Sword Stances with her Skill and stacks Havoc Bane on her targets.
AemeathA Fusion main DPS who fights in two forms, switching between herself and a Mech that copies her stats, and her Liberation drops her into the Mech with a 60-second Heavenfall Edict: Unbound window.
LucillaA Glacio support with two Resonance Modes.
SigrikaAn Aero DPS whose big hits count as Echo Skill damage.
VerinaA Spectro healer whose Liberation heals everyone and marks the target, so each teammate attack on it sets off a coordinated hit that heals whoever's on the field (once per second).
QingxiaoAn Aero swordfighter whose basic combo moves between Sheathed and Drawn stances, building Qin Heart and Sword Cadence until Heavy Attack - Stringblade opens up, with the Ephemeral Transcendence state on top.
JingranA Fusion DPS who swaps between Yin Vessel and Yang Font states, spending 300 Qi on a heavy attack to flip from one to the other.
A tier: Strong
MornyeA Fusion healer whose Skill heals the whole team and opens a Parry state that blocks all damage, answering a hit with a Stagnate on nearby enemies.
IunoAn Aero support who flips between Half Moon and New Moon inside her Lunar Cycle state, which she enters with her Liberation (a 1093.46% hit) or the Closing Refrain version of her Skill.
PhrolovaA Havoc DPS who doesn't use Resonance Energy at all: her Liberation opens up from the Resolving Chord state and puts her in Maestro for 24s, where she gains 120% ATK and floats above the fight while Hecate does the attacking.
LupaA Fusion support built for teams full of Fusion Resonators.
DeniaA Fusion support who switches between Stagecraft and Breakdown forms, pulling enemies in with her Skill, her Breakdown heavy and an Erosion Field that drags them every 4s for 30s.
SanhuaA Glacio support who leaves ice behind with each move (an Ice Thorn from her Intro, an Ice Prism from her Skill, a Glacier from her Liberation) and then blows all of it up with a timed Detonate heavy attack.
AugustaAn Electro broadblade DPS who builds Majesty and Ascendancy to unlock bigger moves: two Majesty stacks let her cast Sublime is the Sun without spending Resonance Energy, and a full Ascendancy bar swaps her skill for the Undying Sunlight chain.
CartethyiaAn Aero DPS who stacks Aero Erosion on enemies and summons sword shadows as she fights, and every stack makes targets take more of her damage: 30% more at 1 to 3 stacks, and another 10% per stack beyond that, up to three times.
ChisaA Havoc healer with scissors and a chainsaw: her Liberation heals the whole team and raises her Sawring and Chainsaw Mode multipliers by 120% for 15 seconds.
RebeccaAn Electro gunner who flips between Huntress mode (30% Crit.
LucyA Spectro DPS whose Payload charge inflicts Hack - Shifting, and who builds TCP to 100 to unlock Deadlock and drop into Algorithm Compaction.
GalbrenaA Fusion DPS whose hits mostly count as Heavy Attack or Echo Skill damage.
QiuyuanAn Aero support whose damage mostly counts as Echo Skill damage, from his Skill dash to his 795.24% Liberation.
Luuk HerssenA Spectro DPS whose damage mostly counts as Basic Attack damage, from Aureole of Execution to his 745.54% Liberation.
B tier: Solid
CarlottaA Glacio DPS whose Liberation and several other moves apply Deconstruction, letting her hits ignore 18% of the target's DEF.
ChangliA Fusion DPS who builds four Enflamement stacks through her True Sight attacks, then spends them on Flaming Sacrifice, a Heavy Attack that counts as Resonance Skill damage and cuts her damage taken by 40% while she casts it.
YinlinAn Electro support who fights through her puppet Zapstring, marking enemies with Sinner's Mark and then setting off Electromagnetic Blasts on every marked target during her Skill's Execution Mode.
MortefiA Fusion support whose Liberation puts Burning Rhapsody on the team, so he fires a Marcato coordinated attack whenever the active character lands a Basic Attack, and two on a Heavy Attack.
ZhezhiA Glacio support who spends Afflatus to paint Phantasmic Imprints (one each of Left, Middle and Right at most, lasting 15s), and whose Liberation summons Inklit Spirits that throw in Coordinated Attacks, one per second, whenever the active Resonator deals damage.
CamellyaA Havoc DPS whose damage runs through her Basic Attacks: her Resonance Skill drops her into Blossom Mode, hanging on vines while her basic combo becomes Vining Waltz, and her passives add 15% Havoc and 15% Basic DMG Bonus.
JinhsiA Spectro DPS who enters Incarnation through Overflowing Radiance, after which her basic attacks count as Resonance Skill damage and her Skill becomes Crescent Divinity.
ZaniA Spectro DPS who feeds on her team's Spectro Frazzle: whenever a teammate applies it, Zani detonates every stack at once and turns them into Heliacal Embers that fill her Blaze.
JiyanAn Aero lancer whose Liberation puts him in Qingloong Mode, where his basic, heavy and dodge counter all become Lance of Qingloong combos (eight hits per stage) that count as Heavy Attack damage.
Xiangli YaoAn Electro DPS whose Liberation opens Intuition with 3 Hypercubes, swapping the basic attack for Pivot - Impale and the Skill for Divergence; every Law of Reigns spends a Hypercube, and Intuition ends when they're gone.
BaizhiA Glacio healer who works through her companion You'tan: her skill, Liberation and Intro all heal the whole team, and the Liberation leaves Remnant Entities that keep attacking and healing every 2.5 seconds.
RocciaA Havoc support who pulls enemies together with her Skill, then launches into Beyond Imagination and spends Imagination on Real Fantasy combos that count as Heavy Attack damage.
BulingAn Electro healer whose Resonance Skill pulls nearby enemies together, and whose Intro heals the team and puts 4 stacks of Electro Flare on whatever it hits.
C tier: Situational
PhoebeA Spectro caster who picks a lane each time her Prayer fills: Absolution for her own damage, or Confession for Spectro Frazzle.
EncoreA Fusion attacker who fights alongside her two woolies, Cloudy and Cosmos: her Skill fires eight burning rays at 76.61% each, and her Liberation hands the moveset over to Cosmos for a stretch.
CalcharoAn Electro DPS who builds three Cruelty stacks, largely from his three-part Resonance Skill, then spends them on Heavy Attack Mercy for damage plus Resonance and Concerto Energy.
DanjinA Havoc fighter who pays 3% of her max HP for every Resonance Skill hit, building Ruby Blossom she later spends on a Chaoscleave heavy attack that heals her.
JianxinAn Aero support built around crowd control and staying alive.
ChixiaA Fusion gunner who holds her Resonance Skill to pour Thermobaric Bullets into one target, gaining 1% ATK for each bullet that hits, up to 30 stacks.
D tier: Weak
YangyangAn Aero support who groups enemies up: her Skill spins a vortex that pulls them to its center, and her Liberation conjures a Cyclone that drags them in over 12 hits before a 372.70% finish.
LingyangA Glacio brawler who fills Lion's Spirit, then uses a Glorious Plunge heavy to enter Striding Lion, where a Basic Attack before each Mountain Roamer adds a bonus hit worth 150% of that Mountain Roamer.
TaoqiA Havoc defender whose Liberation scales off DEF.
YuanwuAn Electro support who plants Thunder Wedges, each making a Thunder Field for 12s that buffs the active character standing in it, and he drops one automatically when he switches out without full Readiness.
YouhuA Glacio healer built on luck.
LumiAn Electro attacker who swaps between Yellow Light Mode, where her companion Squeakie does the shooting from range, and Red Light Mode, using Pounce and Rebound to move between them.
AaltoAn Aero gunner who sets up Mist and a decoy Mist Avatar that taunts nearby enemies, then dashes through the Mist to turn stored Mist Drops into extra bullets.
How this list is made
We combine 11 tier lists from the Wuthering Waves community. Each character's tier is the middle of where those lists place them, so one list can't move anyone up or down on its own, and the Tower of Adversity tabs only use the lists that rate that mode. The list is rebuilt every week.
Sources: beebom.com, gamerant.com, genshinlab.com, prydwen.gg, slyraf.com, sportskeeda.com, vg247.com, wuthering.gg, wutheringwavesguides.com, wuwa.akademiya.app and wuwa.uk.



